Burmese pythons making themselves at home

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U.S. biologists said Burmese pythons could start moving north from Florida into other states if the climate continues to change.


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Research shines spotlight on a key player in the dance of chromosomes

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Cell division is essential to life, but the mechanism by which emerging daughter cells organize and divvy up their genetic endowments is little understood. In a new study, researchers at the University of Illinois and Columbia ...

Archaeologist uses satellite imagery to explore ancient Mexico

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Satellite imagery obtained from NASA will help archeologist Bill Middleton peer into the ancient Mexican past. In a novel archeological application, multi- and hyperspectral data will help build the most accurate and most ...

Air pollution, smoking affect latent tuberculosis

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A toxic gas present in air pollution and tobacco smoke plays a significant role in triggering tuberculosis infection, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).

Researchers discover architecture for fundamental processes of life

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A team of Canadian researchers has completed a massive survey of the network of protein complexes that orchestrate the fundamental processes of life. In the online edition of the journal Science, researchers from the Université ...

Put the Trees in the Ground: A solution for the global carbon dioxide problem?

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Of the current global environmental problems, the excessive release of carbon dioxide from the combustion of fossil fuels and the related global warming is one of the most pressing.
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